The 19th Anniversary of 9/11 and thoughts on our current path
Posted By RichC on September 11, 2020
It seems like yesterday, but it was 19 years ago that the US was attacked by our own commercial airliners taken over by radical Islamic terrorists and orchestrated by Osama bin Laden. These evil men following a twisted ideology attempted to trigger an all out war between Muslims and who they perceived as the enemies of Islam with their 9/11 attack on NYC, Washington DC and thwarted attempt on the Capitol of United Flight 93 brought down by passengers in SW Pennsylvania.
(if you don’t read my commentary, DO skip below and read Alyssa Ahlgren’s article)
The “hatred” charismatic leaders are able to instill in followers is something we’ve seen throughout history and the ability to 
brainwash people is part of our human condition. Although most Americans sense we have a better handle on terrorist organizations and cells, our sleepy attitude towards threats dissipates over time and “likely” will open the door for another eventual attack (yes, depressing, but it is our human history).
Reflecting on this has me thinking about ALL threats to our country and our citizens. Currently, most of us can see the political unrest primarily within our borders, but as the world grows smaller .. everything seems far more interconnected than in the past. Some think it is only a racial thing or a handful of ANTIFA agitators … or a reaction President Trump. I’m not sure it is that isolated or disconnected?
Those who dislike our country, really disagree with our successful model of competitive capitalism and the freedom to work harder/smarter, ability to own property or build a business free from an oppressive government. Their view is not one of government protecting and serving the people so they can freely compete, but where people in government dictate their desires on the people.
Just as with those who build networks of terror, current groups within the US (often with help from abroad and sadly the Democratic Party) are slowly infiltrating the “hearts and minds” of many in the next generation and teaching them that America is and unfair or even a bad country. They highlight the wrongs of our past rather than teach the progress made in overcoming and improving. Too many young people are poisoned with hating success or those who pulling oneself up by their bootstraps … believing we live in an unfair country. Instead, just as in every failed state where Marxism has been tried, they concluded that it will work here (if they are even thinkers?) Just as with the ideology used to turn Muslims into Islamic terrorists, American-hating radicals on the left are using their influence in the education system. Marxist thinkers (even founders of BLM) are turning students into pawns, and in some cases anarchist criminals, that want to completely change, if not destroy, America as we know it.
I read this the other day … and have been thinking about it. There is no question, 26 year old Alyssa Ahlgren gets it in her passed around social networked article.
My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I’m sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines
of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.
I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook’s, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we’ve become completely blind to it.
